finsh for true ston e

[penmaker1967]

hi guys i just got some true stone blanks from a member on here and i need to know how do i go about finshing these . do i just sand to fsize and mm and add a polish or is there something that i need to do
thanks for the help

 

[Swagopenturner]

Just sand, MM and polish. I usually use Dr. Kirk's 3 step Micro Magic Polishing Wax.

 

[mrcook4570]

Just polish or buff to your desired level of gloss.

 

[Dale Lynch]

After MM buf with lastic buffing compound.The blue stuff.It'll shine like glass.

 

[Ted iin Michigan]

I've gotten gloss finishes with it also but I find them to often be just a hair short of the "glass like" finish I get with CA or acrylics. Once I repaired a crack with CA. It worked well on the crack but when I polished the CA had a higher gloss than the TS. My normal finishing protocol is to sand dry to 400 then wet sand 600 through 2000 then Novus 3 & 2 then the Beall buffing wheels with Tripoli & White diamond compounds.

Also, different TS's will polish to a higher gloss than others.

 

[bcul01]

Additionally

I also sand to 600 them wet MM. Then use NuFinish Scratch Remover. Then buff.

 

[Jim Burr]

http://www.penturners.org/forum/f14/tru-stone-questions-112327/